Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] pidfd: add PIDFD_SELF* sentinels to refer to own thread/process

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 04:24:07PM +0100, Michal Koutný wrote:

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 08:40:26PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes [off-list ref] wrote:

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Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
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 include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h |  24 +++++++++
 kernel/pid.c               |  24 +++++++--
 kernel/signal.c            | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

Practical idea, thanks.

Thanks!

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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/pidfd.h
+ * To cut the Gideon knot, for internal kernel usage, we refer to

A nit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

(if still applicable)

MY GOD. Hahaha. How embarrassing. God knows how 'Gideon' ended up
there. Apologies to all, I appear to have had a senior moment there...

Feel free to correct Christian, unless we want to leave this as an Easter
Egg?  :P

Michal